palindromes
Palindromes . We all know what they are. Words that read the same backwards and forwards. We all use many of them. madam - refer - civic - mum - dad - pop - level - boob - nun - radar - noon - glenelg ( a famous Adelaide beach, not so nice now that it's all "touristed" up) But how many of us notice numerical palindromes ? I like numbers , so when I see these, my mind does a little happy dance. Many times at work, when I'm totalling a customer's purchases, the sum will be a numerical palindrome . Ignoring all dollar signs, we have 61.16; 23.32; 18.81; and the more obvious ones - 33.33; 55.55; 99.99 Dates too have their palindrome list. This year for example, we have the eleventh of November. 11-11-11 Pretty cool! here are a few more:- (I won't write the obvious, the eleventh of almost every month this year) 12-1-21 and the twelfth of almost every month in the year 21 (can't use October) (You'll notice I...